Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. This web cam is available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon shining down during the night at times. Plus, during the nights you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise and sunset too… depending upon weather conditions.

Aloha Paragraphs

Windward east MauiLight to moderate winds, continuing over the next several days…
making for rather muggy conditions near sea level

A few showers will occur during the afternoon hours over the
interior sections, with a few showers falling here and there
elsewhere…a few may be locally heavy at times

The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions…as of Tuesday evening:

Generally light to moderately strong southeast to east-southeast breezes continuing. Here’s the latestweather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the North Pacific Ocean, along with a real-time wind profile of the central Pacific…focused on the Hawaiian Islands. ~~~ We see a moderately strong, near 1030 millibar high pressure system to the northeast of our islands. It has a trailing ridge of high pressure located very near or over Kauai. At the same time, we see low pressure systems to our northwest and west-northwest, with associated cold fronts…northwest of the state as well. Our local winds will remain light, although with moderately strong gusts locally, from the southeast in most areas for the time being. The longer range outlook calls for the return of our normal trade winds by early next week or so.Satellite imageryshows just a few lower level clouds, with mostly clear skies in many areas…especially the beaches. Looking at this larger satellite image, we see high cirrus clouds to our south…and with thunderstorms well offshore to the northwest. There are also stable looking lower level clouds moving over us on the southeasterly breezes, although not many. Here’s alooping radar image, showing generally light showers, most of which are falling over the ocean offshore of the islands. The most noticeable showers are reaching both Oahu and the Big Island…carried our way on these southeasterly breezes. The overlying atmosphere remains dry and stable however, which is limiting shower activity for the most part…with just a few slightly more generous showers falling locally.

Our ongoing placid weather pattern continues, with little change expected over the next several days at least.This is a modified convective weather pattern, with clear to partly cloudy mornings, giving way to afternoon clouds over the slopes…and a few showers. There’s still that chance that a few of these afternoon upcountry showers may become locally generous. Meanwhile, the latest model output continues to show a late season cold front approaching the islands Friday into the weekend. This in turn will help keep our light breezes in place…as well as bring a possible increase in showers to some parts of the state. We should find a return to more normal trade winds early next week, which fits climatology much better than what we’re seeing this week. I’ll be back early Wednesday morning with your next new weather narrative, I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Here on Maui, at the 3,100 foot elevation, at my upper Kula, Maui weather tower, the air temperature was 57 degrees at 610amon this Tuesday morning. Skies were generally clear to partly cloudy, and still a bit hazy too, although quite lightly so here in my area. This weather pattern is rather unusual for so late in the spring season, as we would typically expect steady trade winds to prevail during the month of May. As you may have noted above, we also have this late season cold front to our northwest, which the models are bringing in over Kauai and perhaps Oahu this weekend. This too is on the unusual side, and may or may not happen.

It’s now 1230pm, under cloudy skies, light breezes, and an air temperature of 73.6 degrees. Turning around in my chair I see somewhat hazy conditions between here and the West Maui Mountains. The clouds overhead continue to deepen, and get darker, although I haven’t seen any drops just yet. As was the case yesterday, I’m looking for a few showers later this afternoon. Looking at this satellite image, it’s amazingly clear over the nearby ocean, although clouds are definitely beginning to collect over and around the mountains locally. The beaches will continue to be really nice for sun bathing, and for getting into our warmer ocean now. Update at 1pm, we now have a steady light shower, while I can still see mostly sunny skies down the mountain over the beaches.

It’s now early evening, at 555pm, under cloudy skies, and after a light shower just a few minutes ago. There’s the usual light haze that is common during southeast wind conditions, and the usual sunshine that continues beaming down…along our coasts. The air temperature up here in Kula is 70 degrees, along with calm winds. If you have a chance you might find the results of the latest National Climate Assessment (just below) interesting. It has the report broken down regionally, so you can see how these climates changes will manifest in your area of the United States.

Interesting: U.S. Federal Government Amps Up E-Waste Reuse and Recycling – The U.S. federal government is the nation’s largest consumer and disposer of electronics. Considering the number of federal employees—about 2.7 million at last count, not including the military or courts—U.S. government employees contribute a massive portion to the approximate 2.4 million tons of electronic waste, or e-waste, that is discarded annually. Not only are those monitors, printers, cell phones and all those peripherals leeching chemicals into soil and water supplies, government (as well as companies) leave money on the table thanks to all of those rare earth minerals allowing them to function in the first place.

Now the feds say they will become even more aggressive managing the recycling, reuse and eventual disposal of electronic goods. The General Services Administration (GSA), which in layman’s terms is the buyer of all the gadgets federal government employees need, has proposed a new rule that aims to make the federal government a more responsible e-waste steward.

What does this rule propose? First of all, dispensing e-waste by incineration or into landfills is no longer acceptable. Reuse, says the GSA, will be the mantra if this new rule is passed. Agencies will have to make every effort to offer unwanted electronic equipment to other federal government offices. Failing that, such products would then be donated to local and state governments, schools, or non-profits. And in a move that will hardly make a dent in the federal government’s debt but would still be a welcome gesture by those irritated by government inefficiency and waste, government agencies would also be allowed to sell equipment. As for what happens to the electronics that leave federal government offices, the GSA says the purchasers will be “encouraged” to follow the feds’ reuse and recycling procedures—which some e-waste mavens will say is a case of wishful thinking.

Electronics the federal government is unable to offer for reuse will then be sent to recyclers. The GSA will only allow unwanted goods to be sent to companies certified by R2 and e-Stewards: which incidentally are the only two organizations certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In order to shed some transparency on the process, the GSA claims it will develop policies mandating government agencies to submit data for all unwanted and discarded electronic goods, and will release that information publicly on Data.gov.

Hi , I m visiting your website from Riverside Cal.
Your site is interesting and has good info.
The reason I have stoped by is my youngest son
working on your cell phone towers. And as
his mom I worry about him climbing on thos
towers. So I have been surfing around the web. trying to find out what your weather is going to be for about the hole
month of May. And maybe find a nice webcam or two
to look at. Anyway I hope the weather will be good hehe
I am not sure where he’ll be working.
His name is Timothy , he’s 25 great daddy ,husband ,and son. Hard working too. Sorry I tend to get a little wordy. Thank you for your time ,Aloha polly~~~Hi Polly, sounds like you love your son, so of course you want to keep an eye on him. There are webcams on this website, please click here: http://www.hawaiiweathertoday.com/maui-ocean-cams/
I hope this helps you keep track of him…he sounds like a nice person! Aloha, Glenn

aloha glenn – maybe check the manzanillo storm link, it took me to s. india. Thanks for your awesome work.
Hey, just so you know, a new community radio station in Kalapana, Puna is about to begin broadcasting from the lawful Kingdom of Hawaii.
peter mac~~~Hi Peter, I checked all the links, and they seemed to be working. If you can be more specific, it will help me track down what link you are referring to. Also, send the link for the new radio station…that sounds cool! Aloha, Glenn

Hi Glenn,
We always look forward to your comments and insights about Maui’s weather, and reading about your adventures! We’re looking forward to going upcountry in a couple of weeks. We’re hoping to see the beautiful jacaranda trees in bloom! Do you think that two or three days before our “trek” will give us enough of a forecast of the weather for Kula, or do we need to wait for the day of the trip to upcountry? Mahalo! CJ ~~~ Hi Cheryl, good to hear from you, thanks for your positive feedback. The Jacaranda trees are in bloom now, and I’m quite sure they will remain so for another couple of weeks. I’ve been enjoying their beauty every time I leave the house, heading out on my walks. I think 2-3 days ahead of your trip up here will be adequate, in terms of the weather. I trust you will have fine weather, and will enjoy them as much as I do. Have a great vacation later this month, Aloha, Glenn